Overview
Analyse Pascal source code
Explore in a new window
Copy the full path to the
Clipboard
Edit with Notepad
Edit with Wordpad
Open a Command Prompt
Set file attributes
Set file date and time
Create a folder
SOCKShell preferences
Overview
The predefined options automatically added to the
SOCKShell context menu at installation time include the following:
Analyse Pascal source code
This option analyses all the selected files that
match the file extensions configured on the preference page as if they
were Pascal source files, and produces a report of various statistics.
Only files that match the configured extensions are processed, so it is
possible to select all the files in a folder and let SOCKShell choose
which files to process. If folders are part of the highlighted
selection then all files in those folders and all their subfolders are
included in the analysis.
The analysis report includes the total number of characters, lines,
blank lines, code lines, comment lines, classes, functions and
procedures.
This information is automatically copied to the Windows Clipboard in a
variety of formats, allowing you to paste it directly into another
application or document such as a spreadsheet, word processing document
or a presentation.
Explore in a new Window
This option runs a new copy of Windows Explorer in a
new window and automatically selects the file or folder whose context
menu is being displayed.
Copy the full path to the Clipboard
This option copies the full Windows paths of each of
the file(s) and folder(s) whose context menu is being displayed to the
Windows Clipboard ready for pasting into other windows. If more than
one path is copied then each path is separated by a Carriage Return and
a Line Feed.
The list of paths in the Clipboard can then be pasted into any program
window by selecting the Paste option on its Edit menu.
Edit with Notepad
This option runs Windows Notepad and edits the file
whose context menu is being displayed, or a new document in the
selected folder if the context menu is for a folder.
This is particularly useful when you want to take a quick look at the
contents of a document without having to run its associated
application.
Edit with Wordpad
This option runs Windows Wordpad and edits the file
whose context menu is being displayed, or a new document in the
selected folder if the context menu is for a folder.
This is particularly useful when you want to take a quick look at the
contents of a document without having to run its associated
application. In addition, Wordpad is able to load documents and files
of almost any size, whereas Notepad is limited in the size of files
that it can edit.
Open a Command Prompt
This option opens a Windows Command Prompt (i.e. a
DOS prompt) in the folder, or the folder containing the file, whose
context menu is being displayed.
This is particularly useful when typing a simple DOS command would be
quicker and easier than wading through multiple dialogs and menus to
perform an operation.
Set file attributes
This option displays a dialog that enables you to
set or clear the operating system attributes of the selected file(s) or
folder(s), and optionally of the contents of all subfolders.
This is particularly useful when you have copied a number of files from
a CD and wish to remove the Read Only attribute, or have backed up the
files and wish to clear the Archive attribute.
Set file date and time
This option displays a dialog that enables you to
set the created, last updated and last accessed date and time of the
selected file(s) or folder(s), and optionally of the contents of all
subfolders.
This is particularly useful when you are copying or distributing a
number of files and wish to set all of their dates and times to the
same value, such as a release date.
Create a folder
This option creates a new folder named 'New
Folder' in the same folder as the file or folder whose context menu
is being displayed.
This is particularly useful when you need to create a new folder and
the standard Windows 'New' submenu takes forever to display
because of all the special types that are on it.
SOCKShell preferences
This option displays the preference pages that
enable you to configure the operation of SOCKShell and its additions to
the Windows Explorer context menu. The preference pages can also be
displayed by selecting the appropriate option on the SOCKShell submenu
on the Programs submenu of the Start menu.
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